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From the Minister's Study
What do you want from life?
BY REV. CHARLES
CARPENTIER
BRUSSELS-ETHELUNITED
CHURCHES
They were sitting at the table,
and five-year-old Jennifer was
thoroughly enjoying every lick of
her grandmother's special - lots of
chocolate syrup with a little ice
cream under it. Aware of the five
year old's immense delight, some-
one observed, "Jennifer, is that.
chocolate "syrup good?" Given a
chance to fantasize, she took it - "I
wish the whole world was made of
'chocolate."
Can you identify with that? If
you're allergic to chocolate, please
don't answer. Forgive the analogy
and find your own. Do you know
what it is to enjoy something so
much that you wish for 24 hours a
day, seven daysa week of whatever
it is? At some level I suppose all of
us can feel with Charles Schultz's
comic character, Lucy, in her wish
that everything be "up, up, up"
and that there be no downs.
If you could make the world,
what would you make it "out of?"
Would it be all chocolate? All ups
and no downs? If you were God,
what kind of world would you
make?
United Church plans skating party
Mr. Bauman stressed the word
"fret" in his sermon on Sunday in
Blyth United Church. He said that
we spend more time in fretting and
worrying than we do in construc-
tive thinking. That we should not
indulge ourselves in self pity and
worry but rather trust God to see us
through our difficulties. He illu-
strated this with a story of the
Rebekahs hold dessert euchre
On Monday, Feb. 10 a good
crowd attended and enjoyed the
attractive array of desserts prepar-
ed and served by the members of
Morning Star Rebekah Lodge.
Noble Grand Barbara Watts
welcomed all and invited them to
partake of the food. After sampling
the delicious desserts, 10 games of
euchre were played.
Prizes were awarded to the
following: high lady, Florence
McArter; high man, Muriel Whit-
field; low lady, Jean Bewley; low
man, Mrs. Steis; most zeros, Freda
Pipe; lucky tableprizes, Ada Smith
and Muriel Whitfield.
The Noble Grand thanked all for
coming and invited them tocome to
the hot casserole supper and
euchre on March 17 at 7 p.m.
monkey that was trapped because
it wouldn't let go.
Bodie Craig, Harvey McDowell,
John Blake, Mary Wightman,
Melda McElroy and Dick Poore
were inducted as new elders and
Edelgard Hoba, Bev Snell and Pat
Sparling as stewards.
The annual skating party for
Saturday, February 22 was an-
nounced.
Communion Service was shar-
ed. Dick Poore, Vera Badley, John
Blake, Earl Fyfe, Bill Young, Bill
Howson, Bodie Craig, Mary Wigh-
tman and Gordon Carter served.
The choir sang, "Lead me
Lord".
A song in the movie "Tom
Sawyer" is called "If'n 1 was
God":
If'n 1 was God well just for spite
I wouldn't set the sun at night.
Till every one was treated right
by everyone else they see.
If n I was God I'd fix it so
without explaining folks would
know.
They'd know what's going on
inside
of everyone else like me.
Nobody hurt nobody else
I wouldn't let it be.
Nobody had a need to pray,
except for thanking me.
If'n I was God I'd make us wise
so's everyone would realize
That everywhere beneath the sun
everyone needs everyone.
And God, that ain't half what 1
would do
if'n I was you.
This side of fantasizing a world
for everybody, what kind of world
do you want for yourself: What do
you want from life? And if you got
what you wanted, when you got it
would you want it?
The world is not made of
chocolate, but its maker is the God
who made chocolate and whose
grace is sufficient for whatever life
brings. In the words of the
Psalmist: "Find out for yourself
how good the Lord is" (Psalm 34:
8).
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